Forex glossary – letter P

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PAB : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Panama, called Balboa.Pagoda : See Gravestone doji.Parabolic SAR : A technical chart overlay that attempts to show where pri...Parabolic system : A stop-loss technical system, based on price and time....Paris Inter-bank Offered Rate : Abbreviated PIBOR.This is the interbank r...Parities : The value of one currency in terms of another.Parity : (1) Foreign exchange dealer´s slang for your price is the ...Payment Date : The date on which a dividend or bond interest payment is s...Payroll Employment : Payroll employment is a measure of the number of peo...PCFP : See Put-call-forward exchange parity theory.Pegging : A form of price stabilization; typically used to stabilize a co...PEN : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Peru, called Nuevos Soles.Pennants : A continuation formation that resembles the outline of a penna...Percentage Volume Oscillator : Abbreviated PVO. The PPO indicator applied...Personal Income : Economical indicator, Personal income is the dollar val...Petrodollars : Foreign exchange reserves of oil producing nations arising...PGK : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Papua New Guinea, called K...Philadelphia Stock Exchange : Abbreviated PHLX. The oldest U.S. securitie...Philadephia Fed Survey : Economical indicator, A composite diffusion inde...PHLX : See Philadelphia Stock Exchange.PHP : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Philippines, called Pesos.PIBOR : See Paris Inter-bank Offered Rate.Pip : See Point. (0.0001 of a unit).Pips : The smallest unit of price for any foreign currency. Digits added ...PKR : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Pakistan, called Rupees.Plaza Accord : The 1985 Plaza Hotel agreement by the G5 to lower the doll...PLN : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Poland, called Zlotych.Point : (1) 100th part of a per cent, normally 10,000 of any spot rate. M...Point-and-figure chart : A type of chart that plots price activity withou...Points : See Pips.Political Risk : Exposure to changes in governmental policy which will ha...Position : The netted total commitments in a given currency. A position c...Position Limit : The maximum position, either net long or net short, in o...Position Squaring : See Close a Position.PPI : See Producer Price Index.PPO : See Price Oscillators.PPP : See Purchasing power parity.Premium : (1) The amount by which a forward rate exceeds a spot rate (2) ...Premium forward spread : Forward price that is added to a spot price to c...Price : The price at which the underlying currency can be bought or sold.Price by Volume : A technical overlay that resembles a horizontal histogr...Price Channels : Technical overlays that form boundaries above and below ...Price Oscillators : Abbreviated PPO. Technical indicator that´s sim...Price Relative : Technical indicator that compares the performance of two...Price Transparency : The ability of all market participants to "see" or d...Prime Rate : (1) The rate from which lending rates by banks are calculate...Principal Value : The original amount invested by the client.Producer Price Index : Economical indicator, The Producer Price Index (PP...Producer Price Indices : See Wholesale Price Indices.Profit n Loss or PnL or Gain and Loss : The actual "realized" gain or los...Profit Taking : The unwinding of a position to realize profits.Purchasing power parity : Abbreviated PPP. Model of exchange rate determi...Put : An option giving the buyer or the holder the right but not the obli...Put Option : A PUT option confers the right but not the obligation to sel...Put ratio backspread : A compound option strategy that consists of short ...Put-call-forward exchange parity theory : Abbreviated PCFP theory. A rela...PVO : See Percentage Volume Oscillator.PYG : ISO 4217 currency code, Currency used in Paraguay, called Guarani.